Yeah one of my sons won’t touch them till they’re spotty

I've eaten bananas at all stages, from tough green plant matter to get you drunk for eating it brown. My favorite is when it is still partly green and not browning.

Well, if "yellow but not yet spotty" isn't ripe to you, then maybe a lot of kids haven't eaten a "ripe" banana.

However, I think most of us have eaten bananas that are past ripe, instead of throwing them out. Maybe that's what you mean?

I don't know, because you didn't define what you think a ripe banana is, you just asked if kids don't know what one is.

Medium-rare or well-done or gtfo